The Efficacy of Lavender and Chamomile Essential Oils Inhalation in Management of Dental Anxiety and Pain in Children Undergoing Local Anesthesia Administration and Primary Tooth Extraction

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The Efficacy of Lavender and Chamomile Essential Oils Inhalation in Management of Dental Anxiety in Children Undergoing Local Anesthesia Administration and Primary Tooth Extraction.

• Phase: N/A
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Details

• Lead Sponsor: Cairo University
• Collaborator: clinical professor

Criteria

The inclusion criteria:

1. Patients with primary a mandibular molar that needs to be extracted.

2. Patients aged between 6 and 12 years.

3. Patients in their first dental visit.

4. Patients who are intellectually sufficient to complete the anxiety scale.

5. Children category 2, 3, 4 according to the Frankl Behaviour Rating Scale.

6. Patients whose parents were willing to participate in the study.

The exclusion criteria:

1. Patients with common allergies; Paediatric dental local anaesthesia allergies should be excluded to prevent bad reactions. Dental professionals should know how to treat local anaesthetic side effects such allergic and toxic responses. Consider the patient's medical history and physical condition before choosing a local anaesthetic dose and type. Identifying latex allergy patients and avoiding latex-containing products during dental operations is also important. For paediatric dental operations to be safe and effective, individuals with dental local anaesthesia allergies must be excluded.

2. Patients with respiratory tract infections or lung diseases; There is a potential increased susceptibility for paediatric patients to experience unfavourable respiratory tract effects following exposure to essential oils such as lavender and chamomile. The literature has demonstrated that upon inhalation, essential oils has the ability to effectively penetrate both the upper and lower regions of the respiratory tract

3. Patients with systemic problems; Lavender and chamomile essential oils may cause side effects in children with systemic diseases including impaired immune systems or chronic illnesses. Epidemiological studies have revealed no link between lavender essential oils and endocrine disturbance in youngsters. Children routinely exposed to these essential oils have similar endocrine abnormalities as those who are not .